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The Saratoga blog By Wendy Liberatore on April 13, 2021 at 9:05 PM The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College will organize a collaboration between itself and eight other organizations in “All Together Now,” an effort to bring attention to rarely seen works of art. The collaboration, supported by a $275,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, will feature works from the Shaker Museum and Ellsworth Kelly Studio at The Tang. At partner institutions, The Hyde Collection, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga...

  To hear David M. Mellott tell it, the field of theological education is in a period of "tremendous change." The student population is becoming more diverse, with more Black and Latinx students enrolling. Fewer students are enrolling in master of divinity degree programs in favor of shorter (and less expensive) master of arts degrees. The job market for graduates is changing, with more ministerial positions being part-time. Support from many denominations for students to complete the M.Div. is declining. “Everybody is challenged when you think about the fact we’re going to ask somebody ...

Share this article Share this article PHOENIX, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The newest original exhibition from the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight, will explore the influence of American Indian creative expression on the work of iconic artist Leon Polk Smith from Friday, Feb. 5 through Monday, May 31. Smith is a celebrated modernist painter and leader of the Hard-edge painting movement, an art form of the late 1950s and '60s that emphasizes geometric forms and bright colors. "Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight" installation view, Photo: Hear...

Henry Luce Foundation announces Theology Program (United States) 120SHARES The Henry Luce Foundation’s Theology Program invites new inquiries for projects seeking to advance public knowledge on the topic of race, justice, and religion in America. The Luce Foundation encourages the submission of letters of inquiry from seminaries and divinity schools, colleges and universities, and other institutions and organizations committed to enriching public discourse on this topic. Through competitively-awarded grants, the Luce Foundation aims to support collaborative, experimental, and field-shaping...